I've been working on recreating the chocolate cake I had when I was 16 and visiting family in Lincoln, NB. They took me to a place called the Garden Cafe. I'm 99% there so fingers crossed that today's version is the winner.
I must say that I really deeply appreciate how well you’ve represented Jewish food culture in your videos and both books. Seeing correct applications of pareve recipes and fancier versions of holiday classics is so special to me! I’m sure your Nanny is schepping nachas. (And thank you editors for throwing the actual yiddish up there, too!)
You are so right. I'm trying to recover from a deep depression/burnout, and yes, Claire's videos are really therapy for me. They made me get up and go back to the kitchen, after months without cooking nor baking. And as I can't eat all by myself, I share with my neighbour (he's the one you introduced me to Claire's recipes) or have a friend or two for tea, instead of just staying in bed alone all day. So thank you Claire (and my neighbour Yann)!!!
Claire: have you thought about doing an episode on fruit compotes: cherry, strawberry, mango, kiwi, etc. sometime during the summer when most everything is in season?
Claire & the production team are so precious. I'm happy she created her own channel and honestly, her sponsorships are ones that I don't even skip because I know she's genuine with her opinions ☺️
Just wanted to shout out to the team for the production, I’m 45 seconds in and it’s so exciting to see y’all continue to elevate animations, I don’t know if these videos have a story board but wow.
For (dietary / allergy) reasons I cannot eat the majority of what you make - however I want to say that I enjoy your videos SO MUCH. They are so wonderfully calming, you're enjoyable to listen to, and it's just really nice after a stressful day. The food you makes looks amazing, I love how you take the time to explain what you're doing, why you're doing it, and why you chose the ingredients that you did. Thank you for sharing this with us.
I am Polish and it’s so interesting how many similar dishes there are in Polish and Jewish cultures , in my family we make these all the time and we call them nalesniki z serem.
This recipe makes my heart happy. I always have sweet cheese blintzes in my freezer and my husband thinks I’m weird for it. Now I can say Claire does it too!
On every visit, my granny and I used to make crepes at 5am when everyone else was sleeping, starting from when I was about 4 years old. We'd read the back of the TFAL pan and flip them with our fingers. The lessons there translated beautifully when trying to retrace my Jewish roots and connect to some of the Ashkenazi flavours I grew up loving and eating on my mom's side. Watching you make a recipe like this with so much affection makes me think of my granny, too, and leaves my heart so full. Thank you for sharing your family history and your intergenerational memories.
Claire, I had just finished eating breakfast when I watched this wonderful video on cheese blintzes, and you had me drooling! That is pure comfort food. I appreciate your stories about your grandma and how she recycled things. My mother was the exact same way and she was from the Depression era so I have a feeling that's the reason why they like to repurpose things. Thank you so much for your demo! It's something I'd really like to try especially because the filling has farmers cheese which will make it extra tasty! Happy cooking and happy baking!
Though I did not grow up eating blintzes, this filled me with an unreasonable need to make and eat these! What a cute and comforting food, even the name is cute!
Fun fact: in Polish cuisine we make a similar dish, but the filling can be more savory, like cabbage and mushrooms, meat and mushrooms, cheddar and veggies, etc. Also, we often roll it in the breading before frying, just for extra crunch.
Am I the only one that was waiting like -every day for Claire to post?! I was almost wondering if she was okay, maybe it’s just my head but it felt like its been so long since she last posted! Glad you took a lil break Claire (If you did), and super excited to watch this. Been having a rough day and Claire’s process always brings me so much comfort.
I haven't been able to eat blintzes since I became lactose intolerant about 10 years ago (2/3rds of Ashkenazim are lactose intolerant, the other third are lying to themselves. Why do we have a dairy festival? No clue). I have very fond memories of eating blintzes at the deli when I was a kid. This brought me back, thank you Claire 😸💕
Yayyyyyy I missed Dessert Person on RUclips! I've been in a real baking mood lately and I want to try one of the recipes from What's For Dessert but I've been so wishy washy about it. It was good to see Claire on my screen with a new video again, the best motivation!
I have always loved blintzes. My go-to is topped with a bit of sour cream and strawberry compote. I don't remember my grandma making them, though. What I do remember is she used to make kichel topped with sanding sugar.
Love blintzes! Fun to make, learned something new about the uncooked side. Had a run in with the business end of a stick blender once. Very lucky that the feeling in my fingertip returned over time. These days stick blenders have a safety feature that prevents mauling.
Really appreciate the recipe! My Nana was much like yours, she just had a few recipes that she made very well. Brisket was her dish of excellence. She loved cheese blintzes, but I don't think she made her own. So I'm adopting your Nana's recipe. Thanks!
These look delicious! We love cheese blintzes in my family too, but make them with raspberry compote. I’ve never had them with apricot but I am excited to try and compare!
Wow! Can't believe I've never ran across blintzes before. I salivated while watching this vid.. I'm studying french cooking, but these are going straight onto my list to try.
ohhh i wonder if you could use paneer instead of the farmers cheese! Cottage cheese and paneer are technically the same but paneer has much more of the water drained out. It’s superrr common in a lot of south asian desserts
Nice, in Ukrainian we have the exact same dish and it's called "nalisnyky" (when it's filled with cheese, "mlyntsi" when it's just a crepe without filling). Now I really want to try your version to see how similar or different they are
When we make nalysnyky at home they are savoury (non-sweet cheese filling with dill), I think I’m going to try out Claire’s blintz recipe for a sweet version. What is in your nalysnyky filling?
@@danaorlukiewicz7196 generally they're pretty similar to Claire's. It's cottage cheese with egg and sugar. Sometimes we make savoury version for breakfast, but it's not traditional because everything goes in them, deli meats, hard cheese, cucumbers and mushrooms, whatever's in the fridge that day 😅 it's more like a tortillas than classic nalisnyky
I certainly remember my grandmother's blintzes. We would have them after Yom Kippur, for special occasions for brunch. Also, we would bring blintzes when making condolence calls. Question: It looked to me like you had Turkish apricots. Have you tried the California apricots that look darker and have a more tart flavor?
Oh my god! Those look amazing! I was on the fence about making them but once I saw that delicious golden brown as the blintzes pan fried in the butter, I was sold!
you just inspired me to make this for my family ! When I was growing up, we made these with farmers cheese and sugar only and raisins sprinkled into the filling.
In our family we make something quite similar: thin crepes, filled with white cheese (Quark + egg+sugar+rum raisins), rolled up, stacked into a deep baking dish, into the oven, covered by an additional milk and egg mix and baked.
Claire, I'm definitely going to be making these but I'll use Orange 🍊 Zest instead of Lemon 🍋 as I love that flavor in my Blintzes. When I began thinking of looking for a Blintz Recipe on RUclips, I thought "I bet Claire knows how to make a Mean Cheese Blinze... So I looked for yours and viola... There you were..!
My grandma mixed up Shvues and Pesach foods one year and made Blintzes for Passover which is technically forbidden, but she made the very compelling argument that "They're flat" so it became a tradition in my family.
I remember helping my mother make over 500 blintzes for a reception a friend of hers was having (1/2 cheese 1/2 meat...obviously not Kosher). First, if you are making a lot of these and you use a cast iron pan kudos to you for arm strength but my advice...use a NONSTICK crepe pan. Also, when she swirled the batter in the pan she always poured the extra back into the batter bowl once the pan was coated. Claire must have some strong arms to make that number of blintzes with cast iron.
Hello! What have you been baking lately?
almond and raspberry scones !!
Banana bread with Splenda! My go to anytime snack with an optional topping of sweetened cream cheese.
German chocolate cake ❤
I've been working on recreating the chocolate cake I had when I was 16 and visiting family in Lincoln, NB. They took me to a place called the Garden Cafe. I'm 99% there so fingers crossed that today's version is the winner.
Pound cake…simple but delicious 🤤
I must say that I really deeply appreciate how well you’ve represented Jewish food culture in your videos and both books. Seeing correct applications of pareve recipes and fancier versions of holiday classics is so special to me! I’m sure your Nanny is schepping nachas. (And thank you editors for throwing the actual yiddish up there, too!)
those are not Jewish
@@yanafelaniyes they are.
@@gnbgffgcd3902 nope
@@yanafelani but she is jewish so most probably she would know more than u lol
@@akarirei she is misinformed
Just listening to Claire passionately talk about food - is therapy.
You are so right. I'm trying to recover from a deep depression/burnout, and yes, Claire's videos are really therapy for me. They made me get up and go back to the kitchen, after months without cooking nor baking. And as I can't eat all by myself, I share with my neighbour (he's the one you introduced me to Claire's recipes) or have a friend or two for tea, instead of just staying in bed alone all day. So thank you Claire (and my neighbour Yann)!!!
Claire always comes with the kinds of food most don’t make from scratch but should be making from scratch !
Claire: have you thought about doing an episode on fruit compotes: cherry, strawberry, mango, kiwi, etc. sometime during the summer when most everything is in season?
Claire & the production team are so precious. I'm happy she created her own channel and honestly, her sponsorships are ones that I don't even skip because I know she's genuine with her opinions ☺️
Just wanted to shout out to the team for the production, I’m 45 seconds in and it’s so exciting to see y’all continue to elevate animations, I don’t know if these videos have a story board but wow.
For (dietary / allergy) reasons I cannot eat the majority of what you make - however I want to say that I enjoy your videos SO MUCH. They are so wonderfully calming, you're enjoyable to listen to, and it's just really nice after a stressful day. The food you makes looks amazing, I love how you take the time to explain what you're doing, why you're doing it, and why you chose the ingredients that you did. Thank you for sharing this with us.
I am Polish and it’s so interesting how many similar dishes there are in Polish and Jewish cultures , in my family we make these all the time and we call them nalesniki z serem.
We all have those relatives who don't cook, couldn't put a meal together if they tried, but then have a few dishes they make brilliantly 😂
I love blintzes haven’t had them in too long. Claire always finds the things and love and makes them exquisite.
Things I love lol now if I could just learn to type
Claire’s whole channel is my comfort comfort channel ❤
This recipe makes my heart happy. I always have sweet cheese blintzes in my freezer and my husband thinks I’m weird for it. Now I can say Claire does it too!
I have missed my weekly Clair videos so much lately! The excitement I had when I saw this was unreal.
On every visit, my granny and I used to make crepes at 5am when everyone else was sleeping, starting from when I was about 4 years old. We'd read the back of the TFAL pan and flip them with our fingers. The lessons there translated beautifully when trying to retrace my Jewish roots and connect to some of the Ashkenazi flavours I grew up loving and eating on my mom's side. Watching you make a recipe like this with so much affection makes me think of my granny, too, and leaves my heart so full. Thank you for sharing your family history and your intergenerational memories.
Claire, I had just finished eating breakfast when I watched this wonderful video on cheese blintzes, and you had me drooling! That is pure comfort food. I appreciate your stories about your grandma and how she recycled things. My mother was the exact same way and she was from the Depression era so I have a feeling that's the reason why they like to repurpose things. Thank you so much for your demo! It's something I'd really like to try especially because the filling has farmers cheese which will make it extra tasty! Happy cooking and happy baking!
Though I did not grow up eating blintzes, this filled me with an unreasonable need to make and eat these! What a cute and comforting food, even the name is cute!
Just got What's For Dessert for my birthday. Can't wait to make something from it!
Hope you enjoy it!
@Claire Saffitz x Dessert Person I'm sure I will. So excited!
The suspenseful music that comes on as soon as she says “never stick your finger-“
Fun fact: in Polish cuisine we make a similar dish, but the filling can be more savory, like cabbage and mushrooms, meat and mushrooms, cheddar and veggies, etc. Also, we often roll it in the breading before frying, just for extra crunch.
We have nalesniki z serem too 👌 what You are describing here are krokiety
Am I the only one that was waiting like -every day for Claire to post?! I was almost wondering if she was okay, maybe it’s just my head but it felt like its been so long since she last posted! Glad you took a lil break Claire (If you did), and super excited to watch this. Been having a rough day and Claire’s process always brings me so much comfort.
Claire's videos make my life better.
I haven't been able to eat blintzes since I became lactose intolerant about 10 years ago (2/3rds of Ashkenazim are lactose intolerant, the other third are lying to themselves. Why do we have a dairy festival? No clue). I have very fond memories of eating blintzes at the deli when I was a kid. This brought me back, thank you Claire 😸💕
Yayyyyyy I missed Dessert Person on RUclips! I've been in a real baking mood lately and I want to try one of the recipes from What's For Dessert but I've been so wishy washy about it. It was good to see Claire on my screen with a new video again, the best motivation!
This brings back so many good childhood memories - thank you so much and good Shabbos from Northern Germany!
I have always loved blintzes. My go-to is topped with a bit of sour cream and strawberry compote. I don't remember my grandma making them, though. What I do remember is she used to make kichel topped with sanding sugar.
I made these and let me just say, easily a family favorite now! Delicious and easy to make
Ooh, sweet blinches! Thank you for popularizing it, greetings from Eastern Europe, they are common here :)
Thursdays are Claire Days!!! Yay!
Love blintzes! Fun to make, learned something new about the uncooked side.
Had a run in with the business end of a stick blender once. Very lucky that the feeling in my fingertip returned over time. These days stick blenders have a safety feature that prevents mauling.
She’s back! Let’s Go!!!
Awwww we also called my grandma “Nanny.” We lost her in Oct of 2021 to Covid and miss her so much.
Really appreciate the recipe! My Nana was much like yours, she just had a few recipes that she made very well. Brisket was her dish of excellence. She loved cheese blintzes, but I don't think she made her own. So I'm adopting your Nana's recipe. Thanks!
She’s gotten so much better at the endings 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 ICON!!!!!
I love Blintzes, now I want to make them for breakfast on Sunday...yummy.
very clear and appealing!! Thank you!!
These look delicious! We love cheese blintzes in my family too, but make them with raspberry compote. I’ve never had them with apricot but I am excited to try and compare!
Wow! Can't believe I've never ran across blintzes before. I salivated while watching this vid.. I'm studying french cooking, but these are going straight onto my list to try.
They're like little cheese burritos! Haha, they look so delicious
What a beautiful video. Thank you for sharing your sweet grandmas recipe.
they are/were perfect, claire. reminds me of my own grandma essie's blintzes. thank you for this very special recipe and video.
The most realistic kitchen and cooking video...😍❤️
My late Mom with her cousin used to do assembly line cheese blintzes. They were frozen for the winter. They made perfect lunches.
ohhh i wonder if you could use paneer instead of the farmers cheese! Cottage cheese and paneer are technically the same but paneer has much more of the water drained out. It’s superrr common in a lot of south asian desserts
My dad used to make these for breakfast sometimes. I make them now when I miss him :) so yummy
And just like that, I not only know how to make blintzes but I can also fold a burrito 🌯 Thank you Claire
similar with stuffed blinis, so good!
A GUAVA SAUCE on these thoooo 😭💕 these look amazing!
OMG! this looks SO good. Would love to try it with other stone fruit like cherries or plums.
How amazing would these be with a cherry compote?!
Nice, in Ukrainian we have the exact same dish and it's called "nalisnyky" (when it's filled with cheese, "mlyntsi" when it's just a crepe without filling). Now I really want to try your version to see how similar or different they are
I would also love to see her make syrnyky as it's the best thing in the universe ♥️
When we make nalysnyky at home they are savoury (non-sweet cheese filling with dill), I think I’m going to try out Claire’s blintz recipe for a sweet version. What is in your nalysnyky filling?
@@danaorlukiewicz7196 generally they're pretty similar to Claire's. It's cottage cheese with egg and sugar. Sometimes we make savoury version for breakfast, but it's not traditional because everything goes in them, deli meats, hard cheese, cucumbers and mushrooms, whatever's in the fridge that day 😅 it's more like a tortillas than classic nalisnyky
also in Poland - we add sour cream (not cream cheese) to achieve the right texture of the twarog cheese. Jam or fruit sauce optional
that's because they are Ukrainian . Jews lived in Ukraine for a long time and have appropriated a lot of the Ukrainian food.
I certainly remember my grandmother's blintzes. We would have them after Yom Kippur, for special occasions for brunch. Also, we would bring blintzes when making condolence calls.
Question: It looked to me like you had Turkish apricots. Have you tried the California apricots that look darker and have a more tart flavor?
These look delicious, Claire! Can't wait to make these this weekend.
My late Mom with her cousin used to make cheese blint
as an assembly lime. Both families had blintez all winter
Ok, I think I can actually make this..... thanks for the guidance! 🧡
My takeaway from Claire’s videos - anything is breakfast 😂
wow cooking the pancake part is basically identical to how i cook crepes! can't wait to try these out
Oh my god! Those look amazing! I was on the fence about making them but once I saw that delicious golden brown as the blintzes pan fried in the butter, I was sold!
Hi Claire! I found your book at a library in New Zealand 🇳🇿 🎉 I always watch your videos!
I love the storytelling 🫶🏽🥞
this was such a nice video claire! i love hearing about your family and background and how that plays a role in your cooking.
Love that you call your grandma Nanny, that’s what my sister and I call my grandma 🥰
These look amazing.😮
I love this so much! Family food memories are the best! Especially from Nanny! ❤
you just inspired me to make this for my family ! When I was growing up, we made these with farmers cheese and sugar only and raisins sprinkled into the filling.
my mom and i would make blintzes with rolled out white bread when i was little and they were wonderful
In our family we make something quite similar: thin crepes, filled with white cheese (Quark + egg+sugar+rum raisins), rolled up, stacked into a deep baking dish, into the oven, covered by an additional milk and egg mix and baked.
Great detail on the recipes !
You always make make most beautiful things and that you can eat and amazing breathtaking ❤
My MIL makes these and I love them definitely will be making them for my kids.
Thank you thank you for informational text in the upper corners! When it’s at the bottom I can’t read the text or the closed captions.
I think these would also be delicious with the strawberry sauce from Claire’s strawberry cake from Dessert Person!
Great idea and now you're making my mouth water.
Look how cute she looks todayy!!
Enjoy your videos thank you
That skillet looks nice. I dont even cook but I NEED it!
Her new era is giving: content, slay, audience analytics
I love the story at the end about the shoeboxes. I was wondering myself.
I love how Harrison asks what for breakfast? "Ummm cereal!?" Haha gotta love a foodie family
I don't know what these are but I'll watch whatever Claire makes
Claire, I'm definitely going to be making these but I'll use Orange 🍊 Zest instead of Lemon 🍋 as I love that flavor in my Blintzes. When I began thinking of looking for a Blintz Recipe on RUclips, I thought "I bet Claire knows how to make a Mean Cheese Blinze... So I looked for yours and viola... There you were..!
This looks so good I want to try and make it
These look delicious!!
I’ll take that frozen one. That way I can (hopefully) meet Claire!
I’m excited to try this recipe!
ohhh looks soooo yummy!!
every time I see her use the emersion blender I am reminded of the info-mercial of one and they made mayo.
that music transition to hawk that pan was like In Memoriam music. OH GOD WHO DIED?
Little pillows of love. We had blintzes on our very first date, 28 years ago. That is it. Blintzes for dinner.
Funny to see that I bough the same thing at Trader’s Joes😂 But now I know how to make it 😊
I have never made these before, or tried them. Wow they look amazing 😍😍
“Never stick your finger in a hand blender unless it is unplugged”
I have a scar on one of my fingers that witnesses to the wisdom of this statement.
SO EXCITED!!! ❤❤
YESSSS!!!! love blintzes!
They look very yummy 🤤🤤🤤
My partner and I had blintzes for our first date dinner. She still tells that story. We call them little pillows of love.
If you can’t find farmer’s cheese, could you substitute drained cottage cheese? Would that handle the excess liquid problem?
My grandma mixed up Shvues and Pesach foods one year and made Blintzes for Passover which is technically forbidden, but she made the very compelling argument that "They're flat" so it became a tradition in my family.
Im gonna try and make these for pancake day
NIce ! Anyone knows what farmer cheese would be in the UK? thank you !
I like how Vinnie needed to know "what shoeboxes?" when it came to the storing of the food... :P
I remember helping my mother make over 500 blintzes for a reception a friend of hers was having (1/2 cheese 1/2 meat...obviously not Kosher). First, if you are making a lot of these and you use a cast iron pan kudos to you for arm strength but my advice...use a NONSTICK crepe pan. Also, when she swirled the batter in the pan she always poured the extra back into the batter bowl once the pan was coated. Claire must have some strong arms to make that number of blintzes with cast iron.